Attendance: 63,278 Overcast (64 degrees) Oregon 14 0 7 14 35 Texas 0 21 0 9 30 First Quarter 12:46 UO - Justin Pelle 1-yd pass from Joey Harrington (Josh Frankel kick); Drive: 8 plays, 80 yards, TOP 3:01 2:19 UO - Harrington 18-yd pass from Keenan Howry (Frankel kick); Drive: 1 play, 18 yards, TOP 0:11 Second Quarter 10:39 UT - Hodges Mitchell 3-yd run (Kris Stockton kick); Drive: 14 plays, 76 yards, TOP 6:40 4:14 UT - Chris Simms 4-yd run (Stockton kick); Drive: 6 plays, 71 yards, TOP 2:41 3:46 UT - Greg Brown 23-yd interception return (Stockton kick) Third Quarter 12:32 UO - Maurice Morris 55-yd pass from Harrington (Frankel kick); Drive: 6 plays, 70 yards, TOP 2:28 Fourth Quarter 9:43 UO - Harrington 9-yd run (Frankel kick); Drive: 9 plays, 90 yards, TOP 4:21 9:25 UT - Victor Ike 93-yd kickoff return (Stockton kick) 5:46 UO - Jason Willis 4-yd run (Frankel kick); Drive: 6 plays, 68 yards, TOP 3:39 0:21 UT - Team safety Team Statistics Oregon UT First Downs 21 19 Att-Net Yards Rush 40-129 31-54 Pass Comp-Att-Int 20-32-1 17-33-4 Net Yards Passing 291 245 Total Plays-Yards 72-420 64-299 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-1 Punts-Avg 5-32.4 3-42.3 Penalties-Yards 6-50 6-55 Time of Possession 31:51 28:09   Individual Statistics Texas Rushing (Att./Yds/TD): Hodges Mitchell (17-41-1); Chris Simms (9-10-0); Victor Ike (5-3-0). Passing (Comp./Att./Int./Yds/TD): Chris Simms (17-33-4-245-0). Receiving (No./Yds/TD): Brandon Healy (5-98-0); B.J. Johnson (4-42-0); Roy Williams (2-44-0); Sloan Thomas (2-27-0); Hodges Mitchell (1-16-0); Montrell Flowers (1-10-0); Matt Trissel (1-5-0); Chad Stevens (1-3-0). Punting (No./Yds/Avg.): Kris Stockton (3-127-42.3). Oregon Rushing (Att./Yds/TD): Maurice Morris (26-82-0); Allan Amundson (5-48-0); Samie Parker (1-7-0); Jason Willis (1-4-1); Joey Harrington (5-minus 1-1); Marshaun Tucker (1-minus 3-0); Kurtis Doerr (1-minus 8-0). Passing (Comp./Att./Int./Yds/TD): Joey Harrington (19-30-1-273-2); Keenan Howry (1-1-0-18-1); Kurtis Doerr (0-1-0-0-0). Receiving (No./Yds/TD): Maurice Morris (5-104-1); Keenan Howry (5-59-0); Justin Pelle (4-48-1); Jason Willis (3-33-0); Joey Harrington (1-18-1); Josh Line (1-18-0); Marshaun Tucker (1-11-0). Punting (No./Yds/Avg.): Kurtis Doerr (4-162-40.5); Team (1-0-0.0).

SAN DIEGO -- In an exciting shootout that wasn’t decided until the final gun, No. 8 Oregon held off three Texas rallies in the final five minutes en route to a 35-30 victory.

The 12th-ranked Longhorns got off to a slow start and found themselves in a 14-0 hole at the end of the first quarter. Oregon scored on its opening possession, capping an 80-yard, eight-play drive with a one-yard Joey Harrington touchdown pass to Justin Pelle.

After Texas fumbled on its own 18 three series later, the Ducks capitalized with a bit of trickery – Keenan Howry found Harrington with an 18-yard touchdown and Oregon had a two-touchdown lead.

The Longhorns rebounded with an explosive second quarter. Hodges Mitchell scored from three yards out to cap a 14-play, 76-yard drive that cut the score in half. On UT’s next possession, Chris Simms called his own number and scored on a bruising four-yard run to end a six-play, 71-yard march that tied the game at 14.

Less than 30 seconds later, Texas went on top 21-14 when Greg Brown intercepted a Harrington pass and raced untouched 23 yards with 3:46 remaining in the half.

Oregon reclaimed the momentum on its first drive of the second half when Maurice Morris took a Harrington screen pass and galloped 55 yards to knot the game at 21.

It would be another 15 minutes before the scoreboard changed, and it changed in favor of Oregon. Harrington put the finishing touch on a nine-play, 90-yard drive when he scampered nine yards for the score and the Ducks led 28-21.

On the ensuing kickoff, Victor Ike evened the score at 28 when he broke one of the longest droughts in Texas and NCAA history. Ike raced 93 yards for the score, UT’s first kickoff return for a score since 1978 (a span of 256 games).

But Oregon responded on its next drive, moving 68 yards in six plays and going on top when Jason Willis scored on a four-yard end around.

Despite losing Mitchell, a two-time All-Big 12 performer, to a devastating knee injury in the third quarter, the Longhorns did not go down without a fight. Simms drove the Longhorns 48 yards to the Oregon 22, but four straight incompletions ended the drive.

An Oregon fumble three plays later gave Texas a new life, but a Rashad Bauman interception at the Oregon 22 ended that possession.

Simms had one more shot after the Ducks took a safety with 21 seconds to play. The Longhorns would move to the Oregon 39, but a pair of incompletions, including a last-second Hail Mary in the end zone, ended the contest.

Simms finished with a career-high 17 completions on 33 attempts for 245 yards, while San Diego native Brandon Healy closed his UT career with five receptions for 98 yards.